Membrane Heteroreceptor Complexes as Second-Order Protein Modulators: A Novel Integrative Mechanism through Allosteric Receptor–Receptor Interactions

M Mirchandani-Duque, M Choucri… - Membranes, 2024 - mdpi.com
Bioluminescence and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (BRET and FRET) together
with the proximity ligation method revealed the existence of G-protein-coupled receptors …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular integration in adenosine heteroreceptor complexes through allosteric and de-phosphorylation (STEP) mechanisms and its role in brain disease

DO Borroto-Escuela, L Ferraro, K Fuxe - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Dysfunction of adenosine heteroreceptor complexes can contribute to mental disorder
development (Borroto-Escuela et al., 2018a; Beggiato et al., 2021; Merighi et al., 2021) …

[PDF][PDF] Basic concepts in G-protein-coupled receptor homo-and heterodimerization

R Franco, V Casadó, A Cortés, C Ferrada… - The Scientific World …, 2007 - academia.edu
Until recently, heptahelical G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) were considered to be
expressed as monomers on the cell surface of neuronal and non-neuronal cells. It is now …

Adenosine receptor heteromers and their integrative role in striatal function

S Ferré, F Ciruela, C Quiroz, R Luján… - The Scientific World …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
By analyzing the functional role of adenosine receptor heteromers, we review a series of
new concepts that should modify our classical views of neurotransmission in the central …

[HTML][HTML] Adenosine receptor containing oligomers: their role in the control of dopamine and glutamate neurotransmission in the brain

F Ciruela, M Gómez-Soler, D Guidolin… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2011 - Elsevier
While the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) oligomerization has been questioned during
the last fifteen years, the existence of a multi-receptor complex involving direct receptor …

Partners for adenosine A1 receptors

R Franco, F Ciruela, V Casadó, A Cortes… - Journal of molecular …, 2005 - Springer
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are targets for therapy in a variety of neurological
diseases. Using adenosine A 1 receptors (A 1 Rs) as paradigm of GPCRs, this review …

Tuning and fine-tuning of synapses with adenosine

AM Sebastião, JA Ribeiro - Current neuropharmacology, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
The 'omnipresence'of adenosine in all nervous system cells (neurons and glia) together with
the intensive release of adenosine following insults, makes adenosine as a sort of …

Receptor–receptor interactions and glial cell functions with a special focus on G protein-coupled receptors

D Guidolin, C Tortorella, M Marcoli, C Cervetto… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The discovery that receptors from all families can establish allosteric receptor–receptor
interactions and variably associate to form receptor complexes operating as integrative input …

Functional cross-talk between adenosine and metabotropic glutamate receptors

DA León-Navarro, JL Albasanz… - Current …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
G-protein coupled receptors are transmembrane proteins widely expressed in cells and their
transduction pathways are mediated by controlling second messenger levels through …

[HTML][HTML] Selectivity in agonist and antagonist binding to Serotonin1A receptors via G-protein coupling

BD Rao, P Sarkar, A Chattopadhyay - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2020 - Elsevier
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) constitute the largest superfamily of membrane
proteins in higher eukaryotes, and facilitate information transfer from the extracellular …